Week 8: Match-ups

With six teams on the bye, Week 8 could be the most challenging to date as owners try to compensate for the huge amount of players that won't be starting. Let's see how everyone did:

US Forces (145) v Agent P (127)

No problems here fielding full teams as the top 2 teams duke it out for top spot. This one probably won't be decided until early Tuesday afternoon as the Forces QB, Wilson, takes the field in Monday Night Football. Agent P is betting the house that starters Mendenhall and Petersen a) both start and b) put in big games. Petersen especially needs to stand up, but burying a two-year son last week is a pretty good (horrible) reason for a poor game.

Lighties (129) v Maidens (42)

The Maidens are suffering from bye-shock with three starters not playing this week, along with starting WR Robby White having a projected 0 points from injury. This can be corrected pretty quickly by putting Big Ben Roethlishberger and Alex Henery in the game and making sure Calvin Johnson is in the side. Megatron should always be in the side. Did you see his TD last week? Against 3-defenders? Are you kidding me? I <3 Megatron. The Lighties have a solid team this week and should bounce back from their shock loss last week.

Endless (65) v Zim (109)

Endless too has bye-shock and is down a few players - and also should note that Finley will not be playing through injury. Zim will be looking to finally beat her ongoing QB-shock, and as a fellow Patriots supporter and Gronkowski-starter I too am looking to Tom Brady for a big game against Divisional rival Miami Dolphins.

Farnsworth (100) v Breesus (128)

The big question of the week, can the Farnsworth's claim The Gardener by cutting off Breesus five-game winning streak? This is also the best QB match-up with Manning v Brees. It's true that Manning lost last week, and his scores have been going down. But he is also facing the Washington defense this week, which is pretty damn poor. And Drew Brees is, well, Drew Brees. It wasn't his fault the Patriots won with 4-seconds to go two weeks ago. BAM!

Doof's Playinators (125) v Woolibeans (63)

One player short for the Wooli's this week as Reggie Wayne is on a bye and also on season ending IR. Cam Newton plays this morning for Wooli which may well set the tone for the rest of the weekend. Good Cam or bad Cam? Doof is taking a punt with Colin Kaepernick who has certainly struggled this season, but like RGIII is getting better as the season goes on.

A couple of extras this week fresh from nfl.com:

Injury report - who is safe to start?
Defense 101 - get some deeper insight into how defenses work